I recently heard a story about Elder Holland (it is also in the July2017 Ensign). He was at a meeting at some university when a student
yelled out, "Brother Holland, would you give your life for Jesus?"
Elder Holland thought a moment then answered, "That's what I thought
I was doing." While it may seem a heroic and ultimate sacrifice to
die for a cause or a person you love, it is a greater sign of devotion and love
to give each moment and day to that cause or person. Your time, talents,
and resources are uniquely yours to spend. It is extremely popular now
days to waste them in pursuit of entertainment, selfish pursuits, and quick
thrills. We all are aware that we will someday account to God for how we
have spent our lives, who we have helped, and if we have been faithful to
Him. But it is easy to forget or disregard because the reckoning seems
distant. Start today to give your life to God. I encourage you to
choose each day to live the commandments, reach out to people and help them,
and improve yourself in some way.
You will be happy, truly happy if you do these things. Peace will come
to your life.
With Love,
Bishop Merrill
Relief Society
LESSONS:
July 2nd - RS Lesson - Jen Alexander
July 9th - Chapter 13 - Peace and Contentment throughTemporal Self Reliance -Vicki Frederiksen
July 16th - Chapter 14 - Losing Ourselves in the Service of Others - Jolene Gates
July 23rd - Let the Holy Spirit Guide By Elder Ronald A. Rasband - Susan Ehlers
July 30th - 5th Sunday Lesson - bishopric
August 6th – Presidency lesson
ACTIVITIES:
We had such a fun activity this
month! We invited all the ladies to bring a family picture and display it! We
were supposed to guess who we thought each family belonged to! We also had a
pot luck and ate a lot of delicious food! Afterwards we each went to different
classes that were offered! It was such a fun night! Thank you!!
Primary
News:
Congratulations
to Wade Pickett for being baptized, Saturday July 1. We’re so proud of you for
Choosing the Right by following the Savior’s example.
Primary
Water Party. Mark your calendars for our July Primary activity. Tuesday, July 11, from 2-4 pm in the Wyatt’s
yard.
July
theme:
Scripture:
“Wherefore,
let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord” (1 Nephi 3:16)
Callings/Relseases:
Thank you to Aaron
Jensen for serving in the primary. We’ll miss you.
Young Women
July Activities:
5th: Mechanic Mayhem. Come learn how to change a flat tire, use jumper cables correctly, and how to fix other car mis-haps that might pop up! 7pm at the church
12th: Girls Camp Prep, 7pm at the church
19th: Girls Camp Prep, 7pm at the church
26th: Girls Camp Theme Kickoff! 7pm at the church
27th – 29th: GIRLS CAMP @ CAPITOL REEF NAT’L PARK!!
August 2nd: MTC open house, more details coming.
5th: Mechanic Mayhem. Come learn how to change a flat tire, use jumper cables correctly, and how to fix other car mis-haps that might pop up! 7pm at the church
12th: Girls Camp Prep, 7pm at the church
19th: Girls Camp Prep, 7pm at the church
26th: Girls Camp Theme Kickoff! 7pm at the church
27th – 29th: GIRLS CAMP @ CAPITOL REEF NAT’L PARK!!
August 2nd: MTC open house, more details coming.
July Lesson Topic - Ordinances and Covenants
July Teaching Schedule:
2nd – Kaycee Montgomery 16th - Tiffany George 30th - TBD
June Activity Recap:
July Teaching Schedule:
2nd – Kaycee Montgomery 16th - Tiffany George 30th - TBD
June Activity Recap:
9th - Krista Hanks
23rd - Carlie Hellberg
June 7th we did another trip to the Temple to do baptisms for the dead. We always love
going to the Temple and love feeling the spirit that is there!
June 14th we made posters for our upcoming Girls Camp Fundraiser, and passed out fliers to ward members.
June 17th: Girls Camp Fundraiser: This year we decided to do just the bake sale instead of the bake sale and car wash. We have fewer girls and leaders than we’ve had in previous years and didn’t think we’d have enough people to man the car wash stations. The girls all helped make some goodies, they helped with selling treats, and they helped the kids make crafts for their Dad’s for Father’s Day. The bake sale was a huge success! We are SO grateful to each of you for your generous donations. We love and appreciate you all so much!
June 14th we made posters for our upcoming Girls Camp Fundraiser, and passed out fliers to ward members.
June 17th: Girls Camp Fundraiser: This year we decided to do just the bake sale instead of the bake sale and car wash. We have fewer girls and leaders than we’ve had in previous years and didn’t think we’d have enough people to man the car wash stations. The girls all helped make some goodies, they helped with selling treats, and they helped the kids make crafts for their Dad’s for Father’s Day. The bake sale was a huge success! We are SO grateful to each of you for your generous donations. We love and appreciate you all so much!
Young Men
Activities
Planned for July
12th – Skeet shooting at the
Lions Club
22nd – Boating
26th – Salt Delivery
We had a great time on our High Adventure activity. We went down by Zion National Park and we repelling down into a slot canyon that was named Yankee Doodle. The boys got to repel down several cliffs and one of them was 70 feet! The hike was about 2 miles long and very technical. We enjoyed camping, hiking, good food, and had a great fireside. The boys built a swimming pool by piling rocks in the river, caught crawdads and frogs. It was an awesome adventure and we appreciate all the support of our ward to help us achieve another great High Adventure!
The young men are always looking for
service project to help those in the ward. Please contact Kevin Hardy
(801-635-7745) if you have anything we can help with!
Sunday school
The July Gospel Doctrine Lesson Schedule will be:
July
2
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D&C 84:33-44; 107; 121:34-46; Our Heritage pp
26-27.
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July
9
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26 “Go Ye into All the World, and Preach My Gospel”
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D&C 112; Our Heritage pp. 30-33, 36.
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July
16
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27 “They Must Needs Be Chastened and Tried, Even as Abraham”
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D&C 101; 103; 105; Our Heritage pp. 27-29,
37-45.
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July
23
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28 “O God, Where Art Thou?”
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D&C 121:1-33; 122l Our Heritage pp. 45-53.
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July
30
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29 Building the Kingdom of God in Nauvoo, Illinois
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D&C 124:1-21, 87-90, 97-110; 126; Our Heritage
pp. 51-52, 55-58, 61-62.
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Aug
6
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30 “The Prisoners Shall Go Free”
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D&C 2; 124:25-55; 127; 128; JS-H 1:36-39; Our
Heritage pp. 58-60.
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High Priests
LESSONS:
July
2nd – Presidency lesson – Steve Young
July
30th – 5th Sunday Bishopric
August
6th – Presidency lesson
High Priest June Building Cleaning Schedule
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Date
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Team
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Aug
5
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Team
6: Terry Graham, Scott Cornelius, Ray Bronson, Kim Eggett,
Stephen Bennion
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Aug
12
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Team
1: Joe Richardson, LaVerl Criddle, Dennis Lunt, DeVor Moss, Steve
Young, Mike George
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Aug
19
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Team
2: Doug Young, Jim Brannan, Karl Stone, Mark Petersen, Dave
Smith, Richard Fredrickson
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Aug
26
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Team
3: John Call, Rainer Eysser, SteVan Gates, Neal Gooch, Curt
Jensen
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Each father is
listed and can request the help of their wife and children. This can be a great
learning experience of service for all willing to help clean the building.
Clean on Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
Elders
As we celebrate the birth of our country I was reading a talk by
President Benson and thought the following four points would be good for us all
to ponder:
- We must be righteous and moral.
We must live the gospel principles—all of them. We have no right to expect
a higher degree of morality from those who represent us than what we
ourselves exhibit.
- We must learn the principles of
the Constitution and then abide by its precepts.
- We must become involved in
civic affairs. As citizens of this republic, we cannot do our duty and be
idle spectators.
- We must make our influence felt
by our vote, our letters, and our advice. We must be wisely informed and
let others know how we feel.
The full talk is called: The Constitution—A Glorious
Standard - By President Ezra Taft Benson
Lessons for July:
July 2nd – Kyle Hays - Blessings of Serving in the Temple
July 9th – Rick DeSilva -
July 16th – Brandon Hellberg -
July 23rd – Rob Cohen -
July 30th – Bishopric
August 6th – Patrick Sigman - In the Service of Our FellowMan
Service Opportunities:
Deseret Mills - July 5th - 8 AM to 12 PM
Bountiful Handcart Days - July 22nd 2-5 PM
If you are available to help, please contact Kyle Hays.
Elders Church
Cleaning Schedule for July
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DATE
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TEAM
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July 1
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Team 5 – Dave Rollins, Adam Nelson, Brady
Pickett Families
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July 8
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Team 6 – Patrick Sigman, Justin Hanks, Scott
Davis, Jason Bell Families
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July 15
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Team 7 – Tyler Wyatt, Darrell Gardner, Aaron
Jensen, Brandon Bills Families
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July 22
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Team 8 – Kevin Hardy, Rick DeSilva, Derek
Larsen, Chris Smedley Families
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July 29
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Team 1 – Kyle Hays, Chris Welcker, Robert
Cohen, Todd Jones Families
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Announcements
1)
The "Annual Neighborhood 4th
of July Breakfast" at the white church on the east lawn will be
held on Tuesday, 4th of July @ 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM. There will be a special
15 minute Patriotic Presentation @ 8:00 AM. Come and enjoy a great
program, company and food.
2)
We
express our love and condolences to the Carl and Chelane Meek family with the
loss of their daughter Catherine Moss on May 31, 2017. Please remember them in your thoughts and
prayers.
3)
Tuesday,
July 11th at 6:00 – Temple night with the bishop in the Young
Women’s room at the church.
4)
Adult Religion
Class:
June 22 to Sept 21, 2017; Class held on Thursday’s 7-8:30 pm - Sponsored by the
Bountiful North Canyon Stake - Taught by Jack Marshall - Location: 2505 So.
Davis Blvd.
July 6th
– Jesus went about teaching, preaching and healing: Luke 7, John 8
July 13th –
Keeping perspective during life’s storms: Mark 6, Matthew 14, Mark 4
July 20th
– Jesus calming our emotional storms: Mark 5, John 18, John 21
July 27th
– NO CLASS
August 3rd
– Parables of Jesus: Luke 14-20
5)
Bring
your family and friends to enjoy the many beautiful entries in the 2017
Bountiful Handcart Days Arts & Crafts Annual Exhibition at the
Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 90 North Main, Bountiful. Exhibition opens on July
5 and runs through July 22. Free to the public. Log on to the web at www.handcartdays.org for more information.
6)
Welcome
to our new ward members. We would like to welcome Kellan and Christen Ivins’
baby boy. I’m a little late in congratulating them on their sweet little
boy. Robert and Jessica Jackson just
moved into our ward and live in the Watkins home. Congratulations to them on
the arrival of a baby girl since they moved in. We are anxious to get to know
them.
Bountiful Handcart
Day schedule:
a. July 21st
at 6pm – Parade down Main Street from 1500 South to 400 North then west to 100
W.
b. July 21st
& 22nd – Park Activities, games and food
c. July 5-22 – Art
& Craft Exhibition 90 N. Main
d. July 21st
around 10 pm – Fireworks at Mueller Park Jr. High in Bountiful
July
22nd 7:00 to 10:30 am – Chuck Wagon Breakfast, bowery at Bountiful
City Park
Missionary Corner
Our Ward Missionaries:
Chris Smedley, Mission Leader 801-718-5468
Curt Jensen 801-295-3971
Neil Gooch 801-292-6598
Sister
Sarah Bell 5-16
California
Modesto Mission
4300 Dale Rd.
Modesto,
California 95356
Birthday –
September 23rd
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Elder
Aaron Rollins 5-17
California
Riverside Mission
5900 Grand
Avenue
Riverside, CA
92504
Birthday
– June 11th
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Elder
Christian Cohen 8-15
Louisiana
Baton Rouge Mission
25367 Riverton
Drive
Denham Springs,
LA 70726-6280
Birthday –
January 21st
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Welcome home to
Sam Merrill who returned on Monday, June 19th after serving two
years in the Everett Washington Mission. He reported his mission on Sunday,
June 25 and did a great job. Thank you Sam!
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